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Lewis Carroll

British author and scholar (1832–1898)

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Nov 4, 2025
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What is the origin of the blue pill and red pill concept in The Matrix?

The blue-pill/red-pill choice first appears as a dramatic plot device in the 1999 film , where Morpheus offers Neo a literal red pill to reveal the harsh reality of the world and a blue pill to return...

Nov 19, 2025
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In the original book, is Wonderland considered a real place?

Lewis Carroll’s original Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland presents Wonderland as a dreamlike realm Alice enters after following a white rabbit into a rabbit hole; at the book’s end she “awakens from h...

Jan 3, 2026

What inspired Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski to create the red pill and blue pill choice in The Matrix (1999)?

The red pill/blue pill choice in The Matrix grew out of the Wachowski sisters’ mix of philosophical, literary and pop-cultural influences — notably Jean Baudrillard, Lewis Carroll, cyberpunk fiction a...

Dec 17, 2025

How did the term 'Alice in Wonderland syndrome' originate and how is it used in clinical literature?

Alice in Wonderland syndrome (AIWS) was named in 1955 by British psychiatrist John Todd to capture a set of perceptual disturbances—most famously distortions of body size and the size/distance of exte...

Dec 17, 2025

which government program used Alice in wonderland themed stories on patients

No reporting in the documents provided shows a government program that deliberately used Alice in Wonderland–themed stories on patients; instead the sources describe academic and clinical uses of Lewi...